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The Bible addresses the concept of being unfit in various ways, often highlighting the need for spiritual readiness and moral integrity.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the idea of being unfit is frequently associated with ritual purity and the requirements for worship. For example, Leviticus outlines numerous laws regarding cleanliness and uncleanliness, which determine whether an individual is fit to participate in religious ceremonies. <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a> states, "For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, because I am holy." This underscores the importance of being spiritually and morally fit to approach God.<br><br>The prophets also speak to the concept of being unfit, often in terms of moral and spiritual corruption. <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-17</a> criticizes the people for their empty rituals, emphasizing that their hearts and actions make them unfit for true worship: "Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me... Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil."<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the focus shifts more towards spiritual fitness in the context of the Kingdom of God. Jesus often spoke about the readiness required to enter the Kingdom. In <a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a> , Jesus says, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." This highlights the necessity of commitment and perseverance in the Christian life.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also addresses the concept of being unfit, particularly in his letters to the early churches. In <a href="/1_corinthians/9-27.htm">1 Corinthians 9:27</a> , Paul writes, "No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." Here, Paul emphasizes the importance of self-discipline and moral integrity to remain fit for ministry and service.<br><br><b>Moral and Spiritual Implications</b><br><br>The Bible consistently teaches that being unfit is not merely a matter of external actions but is deeply rooted in the condition of the heart. In <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a> , Paul describes those who have rejected God, stating, "Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done." This passage illustrates the consequences of spiritual unfitness, which leads to moral decay and separation from God.<br><br>The call to fitness is a call to holiness and righteousness, achievable through faith in Jesus Christ and the transformative work of the Holy Spirit. <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Ephesians 4:22-24</a> encourages believers to "put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness."<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>For believers, the concept of being unfit serves as a reminder to continually examine their lives in light of God's standards. It calls for a commitment to spiritual growth, moral integrity, and readiness to serve God and others. The pursuit of fitness in the Christian life involves regular prayer, study of Scripture, and participation in the life of the church, all of which contribute to a life that is pleasing to God and effective in His service.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Not fit; unsuitable.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/370.htm"><span class="l">370. anaxios -- unworthy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to the top" and 514 , "worth, as it corresponds to real value") -- properly, tested<br> and , ie not equal to the task; unworthy (<b>unfit</b>, inappropriate), falling <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/370.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2520.htm"><span class="l">2520. katheko -- to be proper or fitting</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katheko Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ay'-ko) Short<br> Definition: it is fitting Definition: I come down, come to; I am <b>unfit</b>, proper. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2520.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4509.htm"><span class="l">4509. rhupos -- filth</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4509 (a masculine noun) -- properly, "grease-filth," soiling all it touches;<br> (figuratively) uncleanness that results from doing what is morally <b>unfit</b>, ie what <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4509.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/justin/justins_hortatory_address_to_the_greeks/chapter_iithe_poets_are_unfit.htm"><span class="l">The Poets are <b>Unfit</b> to be Religious Teachers.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter II"The poets are <b>unfit</b> to be religious teachers. Whom, then, ye men<br> of Greece, do ye call your teachers of religion? The poets? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../justins hortatory address to the greeks/chapter iithe poets are unfit.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_ix_cheating_and_dishonest.htm"><span class="l">Cheating and Dishonest Ways of Making Money are Utterly <b>Unfit</b> for <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book III. Chapter IX. Cheating and dishonest ways of making money are utterly<br> <b>unfit</b> for clerics whose duty is? Cheating and dishonest <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix cheating and dishonest.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_husband_and_wife_are.htm"><span class="l">Whether Husband and Wife are Mutually Bound to the Payment of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Therefore it would seem allowable to refuse the one who asks. Objection 3: Further,<br> it is a sin to render oneself <b>unfit</b> to fulfill an obligation of precept. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether husband and wife are.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_impotence_is_an_impediment.htm"><span class="l">Whether Impotence is an Impediment to Marriage?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Quod Sedem): "Just as a boy who is incapable of marital intercourse is <b>unfit</b> to<br> marry, so also those who are impotent are deemed most <b>unfit</b> for the marriage <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether impotence is an impediment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/baker/holy_wisdom_or_directions_for_the_prayer_of_contemplation/chapter_viii_superiors_ought_carefully.htm"><span class="l">Superiors Ought Carefully to Examine the Dispositions of those <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4. Let the best care that is possible be used, notwithstanding some <b>unfit</b> persons<br> will, through easiness, partial affection, or other respects in the examiners <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter viii superiors ought carefully.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xvii_cholera_1866.htm"><span class="l">Cholera, 1866</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Their sickness, their deaths, are God's judgment on that act of theirs, whereby<br> God says to men,"You shall not drink water <b>unfit</b> for even dumb animals; and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon xvii cholera 1866.htm</font><p><a href="/library/finney/lectures_on_revivals_of_religion/lecture_x_to_win_souls.htm"><span class="l">To Win Souls Requires Wisdom.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> with any other subject. If that is the case, he is in an <b>unfit</b> frame to<br> be addressed on the subject of religion. In proportion to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture x to win souls.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/the_potter_and_the_clay.htm"><span class="l">The Potter and the Clay</span></a> <br><b>...</b> his hand, and turned round the wheel, in order to work it into some particular form,<br> "it was marred in the hands of the potter," and consequently <b>unfit</b> for the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the potter and the clay.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_a_mans_evidence_can.htm"><span class="l">Whether a Man's Evidence Can be Rejected Without any Fault of His?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> for some fault. Objection 3: Further, no man is rendered <b>unfit</b> for things<br> necessary for salvation except by some sin. But it is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a mans evidence can.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_wife-murder_is_an_impediment.htm"><span class="l">Whether Wife-Murder is an Impediment to Marriage?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> voids the contract, as when a man kills his wife in order to marry her with whom<br> he has committed adultery, for then the law declares him simply <b>unfit</b> to marry <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether wife-murder is an impediment.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/unfit.htm"><span class="l"><b>Unfit</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Unfit</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b> And if you are the court before which the world is to be<br> judged, are you <b>unfit</b> to deal with these petty matters? (WEY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unfit.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nose.htm"><span class="l">Nose (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A mere snub-nose can scarcely be regarded as a blemish of sufficient importance<br> to <b>unfit</b> a priest for the service of "offering the bread of God"; but harelip <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nose.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/weed.htm"><span class="l">Weed (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (n.) Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless. 7. (n.) An<br> animal <b>unfit</b> to breed from. <b>...</b> (vt) To reject as <b>unfit</b> for breeding purposes. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/weed.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flat.htm"><span class="l">Flat (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A mere snub-nose can scarcely be regarded as a blemish of sufficient importance<br> to <b>unfit</b> a priest for the service of "offering the bread of God"; but harelip <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flat.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hawk.htm"><span class="l">Hawk (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The abomination lists of Leviticus 11:16 and Deuteronomy 14:15 each include hawks<br> in a general term and specify several species as <b>unfit</b> for food. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hawk.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nurse.htm"><span class="l">Nurse (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or the like. 3. (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander<br> when the captain is <b>unfit</b> for his place. 4. (n.) A <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nurse.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unflinching.htm"><span class="l">Unflinching (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unflinching.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unfinished.htm"><span class="l">Unfinished (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unfinished.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/offal.htm"><span class="l">Offal (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) A dead body; carrion. 3. (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or<br><b>unfit</b> for use; refuse; rubbish. Multi-Version Concordance Offal (6 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/offal.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/owl.htm"><span class="l">Owl (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is given place in the Bible because it was considered <b>unfit</b> for food and because<br> people dreaded the cries of every branch of the numerous family. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/owl.htm - 18k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/donatism.html">What is Donatism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-unclean.html">What does the Bible mean when it says something is unclean? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Planned-Parenthood.html">How should a Christian view Planned Parenthood? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/unfit.htm">Unfit: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Unfit (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-2.htm">1 Corinthians 6:2</a></span><br />Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are the court before which the world is to be judged, are you <span class="boldtext">unfit</span> to deal with these petty matters?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-9.htm">1 Corinthians 15:9</a></span><br />For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-16.htm">Titus 1:16</a></span><br />They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and <span class="boldtext">unfit</span> for any good work.<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/u/unfit.htm">Unfit</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unfold.htm">Unfold (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unfit.htm">Unfit (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/firmly.htm">Firmly (47 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/forehead.htm">Forehead (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/promises.htm">Promises (35 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/habakkuk.htm">Habakkuk (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha (70 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/u/unfinished_conquest.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Unfinished Conquest"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Unfinished Conquest" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/u/unflinching.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Unflinching"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Unflinching" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>